Konrad I. von Raitenbuch

Konrad I. Raitenbuch , also Kuno and von Regensburg (* around 1070; † May 19, 1132 in Regensburg ) was abbot of the Siegburg monastery and 20th bishop of Regensburg from 1126 to 1132. He is venerated as a blessed .

Konrad I came from the Regensburg servant family of the Raitenbuchers . Conrad II , who succeeded Regensburg as Bishop in 1167, was his nephew. At a young age he left his homeland to enter the Brauweiler monastery . He was appointed abbot of the Siegburg monastery by the Archbishop of Cologne, Friedrich I. von Schwarzenburg, in 1105 because of his erudition and monastic discipline. Both clergymen were friends. Under Konrad I, well-known scholars gathered in the monastery, including Rupert von Deutz and Norbert von Xanten, and the number of monks doubled to 120. How he came to be bishop of his hometown is unknown Imperial policy under Lothar III. exercised no significant influence. Even during his time as Bishop of Regensburg he gathered important clergymen around him, e.g. B. Honorius Augustodunensis . He promoted monasteries and carried out reforms there, especially in the Mondsee and Weltenburg monasteries . He helped to renew the Münchsmünster monastery . His considerations also influenced the imperial chronicle .

literature

• Lorenz Weinrich:  Konrad I. von Raitenbuch. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 523 ( digitized version ).
• Mentioned by Peter Dinter:  Rupert von Deutz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 273 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Michael Buchberger (Ed.): 1200 years of the diocese of Regensburg . Regensburg 1939. p. 30.
• Josef Staber: Church history of the diocese of Regensburg . Regensburg 1966. p. 32.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hartwig I of Spanheim	Bishop of Regensburg 1126–1132	Heinrich I of Wolfratshausen